Metallic railroad-tie.



C. P. MOBLEY.

METALLIC RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24, 1912.

1,056,201. Patented 112111181913.

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t1-shape in cross section and is shaped to have two depressed rail seats9 which are oyerhung at each end by integral raised shoulders 10 and 11.1n forming the seat and shoulders, 1 prefer to press the metal so as tobulge out the side corners et the seatr on an overhanging curve formingthe bead 1:2 along each side edge of the seat. These beads extend onlythe length ot the seats 9 and provide a wider, stronger and more,resilient support for the rail than would any other part ot the tie.

Sts a part ot the rail tastening means, 1 provide a fillet 1?) Fig.which has its ends 1st bent orer so as to overhang and engage the sidewalls otl a seat t). The tillet has an inclined over-hanging shoulder15, the upper surlacc ot which is shaped to lit under and be closelyengaged by the overhanging scat shoulder 10. 1 also provide for eachrail fastening, a locking key 1G which has a lip 1toverhanging anextension base 18 which rests on 'the seat l) and supports the rail. Theouter side edge ot the key is tapered and its narrow end is providedwith a tongue 1f) adapted to be bent outwardly against the end ot ashoulder 11 to lock the key in adjusted position. 1t will be noted thatthe cross sectional contour ot the key is such as to cause it to litysnugly under the overhanging shoulder 11. The base ot the rail Q0, whenin position, will be supported partly by the Yfillet 13 and the base '18et the key and it will be gripped by the lips 15 and 1T so thatwhen thekey is driven home the rail will be held iirmly in position.

1n practice, the lillets 13 are inserted in position under the shoulders10 which are spaced so that when the rails Q0 are locked in engagementtherewith by the keys 1G, they will be spaced the desired track gage.rlfhe keys 1G which have their base portions 18 slipped under the railsand are then driven in their wedge taces engaging the wedge faces ofshoulders 11 and gradually forcing the keys to the right until the railsare gripped between the keys and tillets and locked in position underthe shoulders 15 and 17. The tongue 19 on the key is bent out and therail tastening parts are locked in position. 1t it is desired to varythe gage ot the track, this may be done by varying the thickness,lengthwise of the rail', ot'the key 1G or oli the lillet. 18. For

instance, the right hand fillet in lEig. 1 could be made thinner and thelett hand fillet 13 made thicker, which would result in spreading therails and widening the track gage. 1t it desired to narrow the gage thereverse arrangement ot the tillets would be used.. The wedging action otthe key or rail chair against the shoulder 11 enables the key to bedriven in until it forms a tight, non-rattling, joint which cannot workloose without the breaking ot the tongue 15). rthe overhanging lips 1-1pre vent the lillet working loose atteithc rail is locked in position.'1`o remove the rails it is only necessary to bend the tongue 1S) back`into initial position and drive the wedge rail chairs or keys 1G out.

1 prefer to have the wedge faces ot the shoulders 11 of each tiesimilarly disposed so that the keys will have to be driven in 'trom thesame side ot' the tie and 1 also pre'ler to dispose one shoulder 11 onthe outside of one rail and the other shoulder 11 on the inside oit theother rail. My object in this is to reverse the position oit successiveties so that the keys 1G on one tie will drive from the front and be onthe lett hand side of both rails, while the keys on the next succeedingtie will drive 'l'rom the rear and will be on the right hand side otboth rails and so on thrmiglmutthe track. riVhis arrangement brings thekeys ot alternate ties only into alinement on the same side ot a railwhich they tasten, hence, no dragging part ot the rolling stock canstrike and injure or tend to loosen keys oit successive ties but itcould only strike keys ot alternate ties, it being practicallyimpossible tor the same dragging part to strike the keys on both sidesof the. same rail and only by doing that could the rail fastenings oi?successive ties be alliected.

1 have shown the tie as a hollow metal body but if desired it may befilled with any suitable material et a yielding nature, such as woodfiber and like material.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patenti, is I-q 1. A metallic railroad tie toi-ined ofa shaped metal plate provided. on its top surface with two depressedrail seats and inte gral shoulders overhanging the ends of each seat andstanding above the rail base when seated thereon, a rail chair adaptedto be inserted in each seat and having a lateral wedge tace adapted toengage under one ot said shoulders, and having a lip overhanging theadjacent side ot a rails base, means adapted to engage under the otherof said shoulders and over the rail base to hold it in said seat., saidmeans being adapted to bring the rail base closer to its retainingshoulder than to the other shoulder, and means to lock the rail chair inposition.

2. A metallic railroad tie provided with two rail seats and shouldersover-hanging the ends o1 each seat, a two-part rail chair adapted to beinserted in each seat and to engage under the shoulders thereof andbelow the rail when seated, one part comprising a narrow lillet whichsets close in under one shoulder and has a lip overhanging the adjacentside of the rail base, the other part being an adjustable wedge-shapedfiller block which also has a. lip overhanging the opposite side of therail base, and means to hold said wedge and lillet in the seat,substantially as described.

3. A metallic railroad tie having its rail supporting body formed of ametal plate shaped to form two rail seats interposed between pairs ofintegral raised overhanging shoulders, the correspondingly disposedshoulders at one side of each seat having a face opposed to the rail anddisposed at an acute angle to the longitudinal center line of the rail,the other shoulders having faces similarly disposed relatively to saidcenter line of' the rail, filler blocks which engage the latter faces,and adjustable wedge keys which engage the former faces.

4f. metallic railroad tie having its rail supporting' body formed ofshaped sheet metal which is depressed to form two rail seats, and raisedto form two overhanging end shoulders for each seat, the side edges ofeach seat being formed with an overhang`- ing curved reinforcing bead,substantially as described.

A metallic railroad tie having depressed rail seats each overhung by apair of shoulders, a two-part chair adapted to engage under theshoulders and having portions adapted to overhang the rail base andportions adapted to support the rail base, one part of the chair beingmade wider than the other part to adjust the rail closer to one shoulderthan the other, and the part of each chair which engages the shoulderfan thest from the rail having its portion underlying the rail extendingmore than half way under the same, substantially as described.

G. A metallic railroad tie having a rail supporting integral bodyportion formed of sheet metal shaped to form two pairs of spacedoverhanging shoulders, a rail adapted to be received between each pairof shoulders, the corresponding shoulders of each pair being similarlydisposed to make the tie reversible, and one pair having parallel facesinclined relatively to the side line of the rails, and fastening meansfor said rail comprising a fillet which is overhung by the correspondingshoulder of each pair and grips one side of the rail base and a wedgekey which engages the correspondingly inclined faces of' said shoulderand grips the other side of' the rail base, and means to fasten said keyin operating position.

7. A metallic railroad tie having two pairs of overhanging shoulders,the underface of the overhanging port-ions slanting upwardly towardtheir ends, a fillet having` overhanging ends which straddle the tie andwhich is tapered to lit under one of said shoulders, a wedge key taperedto lit under the other shoulder and having a tongue at its small endadapted to be bent to lock the key in position, said key and lilleteachbeing recessed to receive between them and support the base of a rail,substantially as described.

8. In a metallic railroad tie, a rail supporting body portion which isformed of shaped sheet metal, said body portion comprising two spacedrail seats and integral overhanging shoulders at each end of said seats,the vertical inner wall of correspond ing shoulders being disposedobliquely across the narrow face of the tie, a rail chair having a wedgeface adapted to engage said inclined inner wall of the shoulders,fillets adapted to engage Linder the other shoulders, said fillets andchairs having portions to support and overlap the base of' the rail, aportion of the tie under said chairs having its corners struck on acurve which overhangs the seats of the tie, and means to fasten thechairs in operating position, substantially as described. i

9. A metallic tie, comprising a base which is longitudinally flanged andhas end flanges, of a bent metal body, the ends of which abut againstsaid end flanges, and which has outturned bott-om flanges, saidlongitudinal base flanges being adapted to be bent to overlap said bodyflanges and interlock the parts free of rigid connections.

l0. In a metallic tie, a base having upturned ends, a bent metal bodyportion adapted to be received between said ends and held therebyagainst longitudinal 1nove ment on the base, out-turned bottom flangeson the side walls of said body, and pairs of spaced longitudinal flangeson the base which receive between each pair a bottom flanged portion ofthe body and one 0r' more of which are bent over to engage said bot-tomflanges and interlock the body and base free of' rigid connections. l

l1. In a metallic tie, a base having upturned ends and longitudinalraised flanges disposed along the bottom and ends, and a top formed ofbent metal and having flanges which are adapted to interlock with saidflanges on the base and serve as the means for connecting` the tiesections together.

l2. A metallic tie, comprising a base plate provided with upturned ends,raised flanges disposed longitudinally along each side of the base andits ends, a body portion comprising a top and sides bent downwardly andprovided with an out-turned bottom flange, similar flanges on the endsof said side walls, said base flanges being` adapted to be bent over andengage the flanges of the top and interlock the parts, substantially asdescribed.

13. A metallic tie comprising a wide metal base having a pair oflongitudinal vertical .4; Lemmi Heiliges disposed adjacent to each sideand adapted to be bent over and lock the body 1G liai'inlg' its endsturned up, simile? dispesed flange to "Che base substantially asdescribed.

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